Bracket for display fixtures



y 1929- N. MESTEL ET AL 1,714,719

BRACKET FOR DISPLAY FIXTURES Filed Sept. 1, 1927 IN VENTORS Nan/x14 MES TEL Patented May 28, 1929.

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NATHAN MESTEL AND JOSEPH BERMAN, OE BRGOKLYN, NEW YORK. i

BRACKET FOR DISPLAY FIXTURES.

Application filed September 1, 1927. Serial No. 216,803.

This invention relates to improvements in display fixture apparatus, and has particul ar reference to a bracket and mounting there- An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical and etficient device by'means of which hanger rods of a display fixture, suchas a showcase, may be securely supported in position therein and adjusted to various heights to accommodate different kinds 0 garments within a display fixture.

Another object is to provide an improved bracket and mounting strip therefor wherein parts are formed with cooperating means which will permit of the bracket being guided longitudinally of its strip and engaged there.- with in an adjusted position by a pivotal movement of the bracket relative to said strip. The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detail description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a display fixture showing the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bracket and its mounting constituting the essential features of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a View looking from the opposite side of Figure 2 and showing the mounting strip of the bracket in section.

7 Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 5 indicates generally a display fixture, such as a showcase, in which mens suits, overcoats and the like may be placed on display, it being understood that the fixture itself forms no part of the present inventionand may be of any desired construction.

In accordance with the present invention there are provided a plurality of mounting strips 6 adapted to be attached in vertical position to the end walls or partitions of the showcase 5 for the purpose of adjustably supporting brackets, generally indicated by the numeral 7. In Figure 1 there is shown two such mounting strips and brackets and by reference to the other figures it will be seen that each mounting strip consists of a central portion 8 having opposed side flanges 9 extending from the outer faces thereof and in spaced relation to the wall or partition to zontal position.

which the strip is secured to form a guide channel 10 between said flanges and said wall or partition. At intervals, the central portion 8 is also provided with a plurality of openings 11 extending therethr'ough for a purpose which will appear 'in the course of the description.

Each bracket 7 is designed to support one? end of a hanger rod'12 and is preferably cast from a single piece of material to form a channel-like structure including an intermediate portion 13 and the side flanges 14 1 which are of sufficient width to receive the c supporting strip including its flanges 9 therebetween. The intermediate portion 13 of thebracket is provided with an abutment 15 b and a projecting ledge 16 both of which combine with the side flanges 14 to provide an. arcuate recess for receiving one endot the rod 12.

The free or inner longitudinal edges of the V flanges 14 are formed adjacent one end thereof with opposed and inwardly directedguide pins 17v which are adapted toreceive between the same and the inner face of the intermediate portion 13 the flanges 9 of the supporting strip, said pins being'engaged in the spaces 10 formed by said flanges and the adjacent face of the end wall or partition of the showcase. The pins thus act as guides for moving the bracket vertically relative to the supporting strip so that the bracket may be adjusted to any desired position thereon. V

V Projecting rearwardly or inwardly from the intermediate portion 13 adjacent the lower end thereof is a supporting pin 18 which is adapted to be engaged in any one of the openings 11 of the supporting strip and when so engaged will maintain the bracket in the desired adjusted position, whereby a hanger rod 12 will have its ends mounted in a pair of the brackets and thus supported in a hori- Should it be desired to adjust the bracket to a diflerent position the rod 12 may be disengaged therefrom follow ing which the bracket may be swung outwardly, with the pins 17 acting as a pivot, to

disengage thesupporting pin 18 from the particular aperture with which it is engaged, whereupon said bracket may be moved vertically upon the strip to the desired position. Thereafter said bracket may be again swung inwardly to re-engage the pin 18 with another of the openings 11 in the supporting strip.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the invention provides a simple, practical and effective means for supporting the hanger rods in a display fixture and wherein the brackets of thedevice may be readily and quickly adjusted to various positions with respect to the mounting strips and securely maintained in such positions.

hat is claimed is:

A bracket for hanger rods usedin display fixtures and the like, including a body having side flanges for engagement on opposite sides of a mounting strip, said side flanges having opposed guide pins at their upper ends for engagement with said strip to permi't pivotal .inovement of the bracket relative to the strip, and to guide said bracket longitudinally of the strip, an intermediate portion between said flanges at the lower ends surface of said intern'iediate portion having 7 flush engagement with the adjacent surface of said mountlng strip, and the upper end of said intermediate portion being dlsposed be 'low said pins so that a clear space is provided between said flanges above said intermediate portion and a supporting pin carried'by said intermediate portion for engagement in any j one of a number of openings in said strip.

In testimony whereof we have aliixed our signatures; I

NATHAN MESTEL. JOSEPH BERMAN. 

